SCIENCE

The Dark Energy Survey begins its second year of scanning the skies for signs of dark energy, the stuff making up almost 70% of our universe.

Bizarre fossil with legs, spikes and tail-like head finds its place in Tree of Life.

At least seven of the particles collected by the Stardust probe seem to have originated in the dust of distant star deaths.

Belgian organisation Apopo trains African rats to detect TB.

High winds, rain and even frost predicted in parts of England and Scotland this week

UFO-spotter claims video footage shows an alien structure on the Moon - but experts are skeptical.

Egrets, swans and copious amounts of wine were part of king's diet, reveal bone tests.

At least 77 dead and 1,500 stranded after landslides and Monsoon rains batter Nepal and northern India.

Dozens of villages flooded in Bihar, northern India, after rivers breach their embankments.

1950 DA asteroid could hit earth in 2880, causing cataclysmic earthquakes and climate change that could destroy human life.

Twitter is abuzz with some pictures of apparent UFOs hovering over the US city of Houston during a stormy night.

Magpies are not attracted to shiny objects and do not steal them for their nests.

Giant Impact Hypothesis, Fission, Capture and Accretion theories explain moon's origin.

Two studies in the same journal produce conflicting evidence on the ideal salt intake in food.

Astrophysicists at Harvard University find discharge line which might be evidence for dark matter.

Giant turtles in the Brazilian Amazon have range of vocalisations to communicate with each other.

Whooshh Innovations has invented a device that will help migrating salmon find their way back to their old spawning grounds

Magnetic energy given off by fibre optic cables resembles that given off by prey.

US Geological Survey issues "short statement regarding recent rumours" about Yellowstone.

Fossilised remains of ankylosaurus found by farmers in quarry provides new insights into the lives of the extinct animals

Experts find asteroid (29075) 1950 DA is only loosely held together by gravity.

A study done by a team of climate scientists warns of dangers of sea level rise from melting of Antarctic ice.

More than two months' worth of rain fell in two hours on Long Island, causing flash flooding.

By feeding on oxygen-starved tumour cells, bacteria seem to be good therapeutic candidates.

Genetic editing allows for modifying fruit without having to insert foreign genes.

Yi So-yeon resigns for personal reasons after becoming first Korean in space in 2008.

Iranian mathematician walked away with top prize.

Stanford researchers say drug might have risks for some patients with heart conditions.

Wind power generated 17% of the UK's energy mix last Sunday (10 August).